Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | William “Bert”•Cronin |
Used name | Bert•Cronin |
Born | 15 December 1902 in Swansea, Wales (GBR) |
Died | 5 January 1980 in Swansea, Wales (GBR) |
Affiliations | Swansea YMCA, Swansea (GBR) |
NOC | Great Britain |
Gymnast Bert Cronin was a team-mate of the multiple British champion Arthur Whitford at Swansea YMCA. Cronin never won a national title, but was Welsh champion in 1926 and 1927, and in the latter year captained Swansea to in the final of the national team championship, but lost to Birmingham. Like Whitford, Cronin, a former secretary of the South Wales Gymnastics Association, was coached by Walter Standish.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1928 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | GBR | Bert Cronin | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | 76 | |||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | Great Britain | 11 | ||||
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) | 85 | |||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | 79 | |||||
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) | 78 | |||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | =74 | |||||
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) | =57 |